Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,505 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.2
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The Cedars Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 293of 238 places
- Free school meals
- 54.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 26
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 19 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Cedars School (URN 108422, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Cedars Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in The Cedars Academy’s own sixth form (Gateshead average 40%), none went to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.9 against 46.1 across England and 47.0 in Gateshead, with 4% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gateshead and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Cedars Academy | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 2,044 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 80% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Cedars Academy | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.9 | 47.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.03 | 4.23 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 73% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.3 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.0 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | 1 | 4% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| English Language | 1 | 4% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 4% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
Other secondary schools in Gateshead
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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Heworth Grange School
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.4
Kingsmeadow Community School
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.